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After spending a whole afternoon, the Milan laboratory once again conducted a detailed and meticulous all-round examination of Zhuoyang's legs. Various instruments were used, and he was tortured like a white mouse. However, the test results once again showed that Zhuoyang was normal and all the data showed that he was very healthy, which puzzled the experts.

Two days ago in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, at the end of the first half of the Asian top ten match between the Chinese team and the Bahrain team, Zhuo Yang suddenly suffered from calf cramps, and both legs cramped. Jie Shuaijie Jaccard hurriedly replaced him. Got him. Zhuoyang's importance to the national team is undoubted. He is a national treasure of Chinese football. A slight mistake will affect the hearts of hundreds of millions of people. The Big Ten and even the World Cup are nothing compared to his health.

In this game, because of Zhuo Yang's end, the Chinese team won first and then tied in the away game, and the tie was very difficult.

Bahrain is a small island country. Their football in Asia is a bit like Iceland in Europe later. It is not very eye-catching but cannot be ignored. However, the land area of ​​Iceland is actually not small. It is almost the same as Jiangsu, which is already considered vast in Europe. The area of ​​Bahrain is comparable to a larger county in China. Bahrain's football is famous in the world of football, but it is because of the World Cup qualifiers four years ago.

In the top ten of Zone 2, Bahrain and Uzbekistan finished third in the two groups. They need to fight in the play-offs for half of the tickets in the 4.5 places in Asia.

In the first round, Uzbekistan defeated Bahrain 1:0 in Tashkent, but Uzbekistan was not satisfied with the score because in the first half of stoppage time, Uzbekistan had a penalty kick. At that time, Deparov made a goal in one fell swoop, but the referee on duty, Japanese Toshimitsu Yoshida, believed that the Uzbek player had entered the penalty area in advance and ruled that the goal was invalid. Well, that's normal.

But the talented Yoshida Shouguang did not let the Uzbeks take a penalty kick as usual, but changed the penalty to a free kick in the backcourt of the Bahrain team. This is as nonsense as you want.

After the game, Uzbekistan, which only won by one goal, felt that the second round was not safe. They bypassed the AFC and directly filed a complaint with FIFA, requesting that Yoshida Tokumitsu be punished, and strongly requested that the score of this game be changed to 3: 0, because this incredible penalty is likely to prevent Uzbekistan from qualifying for the intercontinental play-offs, and even lose the opportunity to enter the World Cup.

This outrageous appeal request came from the instigation of their then head coach, FIFA senior lecturer, former Chinese team coach, and British Bobby Horton. So, FIFA waved its hand: rematch!

Uzbek was dumbfounded and Bahraini was beaming with joy. This verdict is undoubtedly the worst result for the 'injured party' Uzbekistan, and it is also a result that has a heavy blow. The winning team was damaged due to a misjudgment and had to replay. This was a very unfair decision and unprecedented in the history of world football.

In the rematch on the next day, Talal and Shatskih each scored a goal, and the two teams drew 1:1. In the second round, the two teams battled to a 0:0 draw. Uzbekistan was eliminated due to away goal disadvantage. Who can you look to for explanation?

However, you always have to pay it back if you go out for fun. In the next play-off match with Trinidad and Tobago, the third place in CONCACAF, Bahrain, the fifth place in Asia, drew 1:1 at home in the first round. In the away game a few days later, Trinidad won in the second half. Leading 1:0, but at the end of the game, Bahrain midfielder Hussein Ali took advantage of the opponent's goalkeeper's throwing error and scored a goal, which gave them a desperate chance.

However, the referee decisively ruled that the goal was invalid, which was completely unreasonable. One minute later, the game is over.

Bahrain football does not have the strength to compete in Asia.

But when it comes to disrupting the situation, they are more than capable. Whether they are strong or weak, they dare to lose to Southeast Asia, and they can also beat Iran to the ground.

Zhuo Yang used consecutive breakthroughs to score a goal in the 5th minute of the first half. The Chinese team took an early lead and firmly controlled the situation in the first half. But Zhuoyang's withdrawal from the game with cramps changed everything. The national team was completely passive in the second half, allowing Bahrain to bombard them indiscriminately in the half.

Everyone fought for the lead, but still couldn't keep a clean sheet. In the second half, the 23-year-old midfielder Fatati, the seventh naturalized player and playing in the Swiss League, scored the goal of the Chinese team.

Throughout the second half, the Chinese team was in panic and paid the price of five yellows and one red to narrowly maintain a draw.

The easy win over Uzbekistan in the last game made Rijkaard and Zhuo Yang very optimistic about the national team, thinking that the tactical reforms and personnel adjustments were a great success, but this game poured cold water on their heads again. It's true. Voice: The future is long and the responsibilities are long and arduous.

This second half exposed all the shortcomings of the Chinese players. The psychological quality is unstable, and the level of performance is also unstable. The performance between the two games gives people the feeling of two completely different teams. After being forced, he was unable to follow the pre-match tactical layout, unforced errors increased sharply, and the traditional header advantage of height was gone.

The Chinese national team was once called the 'Chinese Heading Team'. Although it was mostly meant to be ridiculing, it also shows that China has an advantage in headers. Especially when dealing with teams in West Asia except Iran, headers are the winner. The only method. But with the rapid improvement of West Asian teams in this regard in recent years, the only targets that the Chinese team can bully with headers are Southeast Asia.

Not only headers, the Chinese team's most famous striker in the past, "one high and one fast", also no longer exists. Although one high and one fast are simple and crude, they have distinct characteristics. The high center forward and the fast horse prodigal were the Chinese team's most advantageous assets in the past when facing any opponents in Asia. But now, although these players have more balanced abilities, they can no longer find such "one trick" characteristics. Their speed and heading completely annihilate everyone. It feels like it has a little bit of everything, but it doesn’t stand out in any aspect.

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After two rounds, the Chinese team, which has played one more game than Australia and Japan, is temporarily at the top of Group A with 4 points. China will have a bye in the next round, and the national team will not start fighting again until January next year.

After Zhuoyang returned to Milan, he was tied up with ropes and taken back to Milanello. He was pressed on the bed and examined, but everything turned out to be normal. It looked like he was pretending. It was naturally impossible for Zhuo Yang to fake his injury, and he himself couldn't figure out why. There is no problem with my physical fitness, but my legs are very twisted.

Now it seems that as long as fatigue accumulates to a certain level during the game, leg problems will occur and it will be difficult to persist. But after a short rest, all the symptoms disappeared without a trace, and he was completely fine.

Zhuoyang attributed this to the discomfort of always traveling thousands of miles after participating in national team games. He is not an "old" national team player like Xiao Luo Kaka and others. Maybe it will be better after getting familiar with this rhythm. Because there is no other explanation, Rijkaard and Ancelotti can only believe this statement for the time being.

Therefore, Jieshuai asked Zhuoyang not to return to China to participate in the bye round of friendly matches next month, and Anshuai also asked him to sit on the sidelines in the 13th round of the league against Turin.

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